Dodge RAM vs Honda Pilot

Both cars' complete complaint records, side by side.

Read the totals carefully. NHTSA publishes no sales figures, so the car that sold more collects more complaints regardless of quality. The rows worth weighing are the proportions — the share of complaints that involved harm, and which part dominates.

Measure	Dodge RAM	Honda Pilot
Complaints on file	5,489	13,073
Model years covered	1976–2010	2003–2026
Worst model year	1995	2019
Best model year	2009	2026
Crashes reported	605	521
Fires reported	196	150
Injuries reported	335	345
Deaths reported	18	9
Most complained-about part	Brakes	Engine & Cooling
Share of complaints involving harm	21%	7.8%

Dodge RAM by year

2 2 4 2 1 2 14 20 21 27 35 23 63 75 66 623 852 905 513 644 496 212 417 152 65 71 47 36 20 33 13 33

76 77 79 81 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Brakes 995 18.1%

Transmission & Drivetrain 730 13.3%

Steering 413 7.5%

Engine & Cooling 411 7.5%

Electrical System 399 7.3%

Suspension 380 6.9%

Airbags 354 6.4%

Fuel & Propulsion 268 4.9%

Honda Pilot by year

877 644 955 330 266 166 174 142 390 228 368 153 139 2,364 1,328 649 1,420 785 710 252 201 166 347 19

03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Engine & Cooling 2,522 19.3%

Electrical System 2,017 15.4%

Transmission & Drivetrain 1,315 10.1%

Other & Unspecified 1,143 8.7%

Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance 1,082 8.3%

Fuel & Propulsion 859 6.6%

Airbags 731 5.6%

Brakes 645 4.9%